Florida Senate - 2026 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 482
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Grall moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 801 - 884
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5 parental notice, opt in, and account access.—
6 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
7 (a) “Artificial intelligence instructional tool” means a
8 software application or service that uses artificial
9 intelligence, including machine learning, which is made
10 available to a student by an educational entity for educational
11 purposes, including instruction, tutoring, practice, feedback,
12 or completing educator-directed assignments, and which is not
13 designed, marketed, or configured to:
14 1. Meet a student’s social needs;
15 2. Simulate friendship, companionship, or an emotional
16 relationship with a student; or
17 3. Employ relationship-building or anthropomorphic design
18 features for the purpose of encouraging a student to continue
19 interacting with the system.
20 (b) “Educational entity” means a school district, a public
21 school, or a private school.
22 (c) “Operator” means a person who operates an artificial
23 intelligence instructional tool and collects, receives,
24 maintains, or uses student information or student-generated
25 content through the tool.
26 (d) “Parent” includes a parent, guardian, or other person
27 with legal authority to make educational decisions for a
28 student.
29 (e) “Private school” has the same meaning as in s.
30 1002.01(3).
31 (f) “Public school” means a component described in s.
32 1000.04(2), (4), (5), or (6).
33 (2) PROHIBITION.—An educational entity may not use or
34 provide students with access to artificial intelligence
35 instructional tools before grade 6.
36 (3) EDUCATIONAL USE; PARENTAL NOTICE.—Before a student is
37 provided access credentials for an artificial intelligence
38 instructional tool, the educational entity shall provide the
39 parent of a minor student with notice that:
40 (a) Identifies the tool and its educational purpose;
41 (b) Describes, in general terms, how the tool will be used
42 by students;
43 (c) Explains how the parent may exercise the opt-in process
44 under subsection (4); and
45 (d) Explains how the parent may access the student’s
46 account or request access to information and account activity
47 under subsection (5), including the method for submitting a
48 written request.
49 (4) PARENTAL OPT-IN.—
50 (a) A parent of a minor student must be provided the
51 opportunity to opt in or otherwise authorize the student’s use
52 of an artificial intelligence instructional tool.
53 (b) The opt-in process must align with the educational
54 entity’s existing policies for parental notice, consent,
55 objection, or opt out for instructional materials, digital
56 tools, or online accounts, as applicable.
57 (c) If a parent does not authorize a student’s use of an
58 artificial intelligence instructional tool and the student is
59 enrolled in a public school, the school district or public
60 school must provide an alternative instructional activity that
61 allows the student to meet a comparative educational requirement
62 without penalty.
63 (5) PARENT ACCOUNT ACCESS; COMPLIANCE OPTIONS.—
64 (a) At the time an operator provides a student’s access
65 credentials or otherwise provides or enables student access to
66 an educational entity for an artificial intelligence
67 instructional tool, the operator shall simultaneously provide to
68 the educational entity a means to authorize the parent of a
69 minor student to access information and account activity
70 maintained within the artificial intelligence instructional
71 tool.
72 (b) The operator may satisfy paragraph (a) by:
73 1. Providing the parent of a minor student credentials or
74 another method for read-only access to the student’s account; or
75 2. Upon written request from the parent of a minor student,
76 providing access to the information and account activity
77 maintained within the tool, in accordance with applicable state
78 and federal law, within 30 days after receipt of the request.
79 The educational entity shall inform the parent of the right to
80 make such a request and the method for submitting the request.
81 (c) If an educational entity satisfies subparagraph (b)1.,
82 the educational entity must provide the credentials or other
83 access method at the time the educational entity provides the
84 student with access credentials or otherwise enables student
85 access.
86 (d) This subsection does not require an operator or an
87 educational entity to create or retain a transcript or record of
88 student interactions beyond information otherwise maintained in
89 the ordinary course of providing access to the tool.
90 (6) CONSTRUCTION.—This section does not alter:
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93 And the title is amended as follows:
94 Delete lines 127 - 136
95 and insert:
96 s. 1006.1495, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting an
97 educational entity from using or providing students
98 access to artificial intelligence instructional tools
99 before a specified grade level; requiring an
100 educational entity to provide parents with specified
101 notice before providing a student with access to an
102 artificial intelligence instructional tool; requiring
103 that a parent be provided the opportunity to opt in or
104 otherwise authorize a student’s use of an artificial
105 intelligence instructional tool; providing
106 requirements for such opt-in process; requiring a
107 school district or public school to provide certain
108 activities if the parent does not authorize the
109 student’s use of an artificial